Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 2 | Lotze 's sentence was , however , above the nine years requested by the prosecution ; the court did not consider his to be a true case of state 's evidence , since it had neither led to further arrests nor prevented a crime . |
| 3 | ‘ No-one could accuse me of being a half-b-b-bottle man , ’ said Ricky . |
| 4 | He often says unkind things to me , blaming me for the break-up of our marriage and accusing me of being a useless wife . |
| 5 | It was only when friends accused me of being a pompous , humourless prat that I realised it was meant as a joke . |
| 6 | No doubt you will merely accuse me of being an old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun . |
| 7 | But I think , I mean they seem , these people had a , a jurisdiction of between ten to fifty si fifty or sixty thousand people , now so th th he 's , Mao 's saying that not all of them are , are evil , not all of them are , it 's only some who are but I think every sixty thousand more than likely are gon na look at theirs as being the evil one , that they are going to want to , to overthrow . |
| 8 | Indeed , some of the British contributions to the study of this topic assert theirs to be a distinctive academic subject , ‘ social administration ’ , which has this concern as its hallmark . |
| 9 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 10 | Thank you for being my guide and my inspiration , for being a wonderful father to my little girl and , above all , thank you for being the best husband in the world . |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to write , but when you study English literature it paralyses you from being a creative writer , because what you read is so wonderful all the time , you feel you ca n't possibly pit yourself against them and try yourself . ’ |
| 12 | One further thing that will help you to be a successful prescriber ; the more you enjoy it the easier it will be . |
| 13 | Because she knows you to be a strong character . |
| 14 | We do n't want you to be a graphic arts expert or a copy expert we have plenty of those back at head office |
| 15 | But they will be designed to encourage you to be a long-term holder rather than to enable you to take a quick profit . |
| 16 | She might seem to you to be a vulgar woman , cautious , opportunist — I do n't know how she seems — but there is something ready to … . ’ |
| 17 | Learning you to be a new young doctor , are they then ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to be a good little girl and go home to Mummy and Daddy while I finish the season . |
| 19 | But now it pays you to be a White man . |
| 20 | For all practical purposes at this stage sir she may appear to you to be a fit and proper person I 've no doubt the Licensing Committee will want to know a lot more about the situation sir . |
| 21 | I judge you to be a born city person . |
| 22 | ‘ I know you to be a compassionate man , ’ the queen-dowager told him . |
| 23 | Or is it OK by you to be a Nazi and a Madness fan ? |
| 24 | The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole . |
| 25 | He 's the president , he 's the costumier , what 's this chap of travelling secateurs we welcome you up with him , for audition please contact local show office , in city where we perform , qualify you to be a trained figure skater , at least seventeen , not older than twenty six , for further information please write to Ms at |
| 26 | You may find yourself in dispute with management on what seems to you to be a fundamental point of principle . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 28 | ‘ Nicole and I are getting married , ’ said Sir Vivien , ‘ and we wanted you to be the first to know . |
| 29 | But I wanted you to be the first I told . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've some wonderful news , ’ said Phil , ‘ and I want you to be the first to know . |